the Australian Longicornia, 551 



ante medium et plaga magna basin versus flavis, dimidio 

 apicali impunctatis, pubescentibus, apice truncatis. 

 Port Curtis. 



Moderately robust, dark brown ; head coarsely punctured, with 

 an impressed line in front ; antennae as long as the body, lutequs, 

 finely pilose, the third to the sixth joints, inclusive, spined ; pro- 

 thorax nitid, oblong, unequal, three tubercles on the disc, the 

 central one ovate, behind irregular or subtuberculate, the side 

 rounded with two or three prominences, but not spined ; scutellum 

 rounded behind, pubescent ; elytra slightly narrowing behind, the 

 apex truncate, the basal half strongly punctured, a pale yellowish 

 band and a large patch towards the base, the posterior half im- 

 punctate, and covered with a fine greyish pubescence ; body be- 

 neath chesnut-brown, the abdomen pubescent ; legs luteous, 

 slightly pilose. 



Length 8 lines. 



The pubescence of the posterior half of the elytra is charac- 

 teristic of this very distinct species. 



4. Phoracantha discreta. 



P. gracilis, fusca ; prothorace oblongo, quinque-tuberculato, 

 tuberculo medio lanceolato, lateribus prominulo, mutico, basi 

 constricto ; elytris angustatis, flavo-trimaculatis, apice sinu- 

 atis. 



Sydney. 



Slender, dark brown ; head coarsely punctured, an impressed 

 line between the eyes ; antennae longer than the body, pitchy, 

 ciliated, the third to the sixth joints, inclusive, spined at the apex; 

 prothorax oblong, nearly opaque, with five well-defined tubercles 

 on the disc, the centre one lanceolate with the point forwards, the 

 side with an abrupt prominence ; scutellum rounded behind ; 

 elytra tapering, the base very rugosely punctured, each with its 

 apex sinuate, and with three pale yellow patches, the one directly 

 in the middle, forming almost a band ; body beneath and legs 

 glossy brown, bases of the femora and coxse reddish. 



Length 4 lines. 



Reseinbles the next species (P. scitula), but is darker, more 

 opaque, the prothorax broader, the tubercles more prominent, 

 and the punctuation of the elytra more rugose. 



5. Phoracantha scitula. 

 P. gracilis, luteo-fusca, nitida ; prothorace oblongo, quinque- 



